Gasolene automobile-tank



M. S. DICKERSON.

GASOLENE AUTOMOBILE TANK. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13. 1919.

1,843,812. Patnted June 15,1920.

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MARSHAL SHELY DICKERSON, OF CLEVELAND RANCH, NEVADA.

GASOLENE AUTOMOBILE-TANK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 13, 1919. Serial No. 303,943.

'a fuel tank which will enable the entire contents thereof to bedischarged to the carbureter or engine even when the vehicle is climbingor descending a steep grade and also when the vehicle is listed to oneside or the other, as on a laterally inclined or pitched road surface.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel features, combination and arrangement of parts herein fullydescribed, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of theimproved tank;

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through the same;

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section through the same.

The improved tank which may be of any size or capacity comprises a mainbody section 1 of cylindrical formation and a lower funnel shapedsection 2 permanently scoured to the main section l by a liquid tightjoint or seam.

The main section 1 comprises a cylindrical wall 3 and end walls or headsat secured in any convenient manner to the wall 3 by liquid tight jointsor seams. The lowermost portion of the wall 3 is formed withperforations 5 to allow the fuel to pass freely by gravity to theunderlyingsection 2, and such perforated wall portion acts as a liquidbrake, preventing excessive splashing and surging of the fuel in thetank as a whole. The section 1 of the tank is also provided at theopposite ends thereof with supportino' flanges or feet 6 adapted to reston the floor or frame of the vehicle.

The lower section 9- of the tank is downwardly contracting or funnelshaped and is adapted to have a fuel feed pipe 7 connected thereto by aunion 8 thus permitting the entire contents of the tank to flow throughthe feed pipe to the engine, notwithstanding the fact that the vehiclemay be moving or standing on a steeply inclined road surface.

lVhat is claimed as new is A fuel tank for motor vehicles, having acylindrical main body section the major axis of which is normallylOllZOlltitl, and a downwardly converging and substantially funnel shapelower body section having a gravity feed pipe connection. at its lowermost portion, the lower part of the main body section being formed withperforations within the area inclosed by the union of the lower bodysection, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature MARSHAL SHELY DICKERSON.

Patented June 15, 1920.

